curriculum vitae
Publications
FORTHCOMING:
Declarative. Body., just femme & dandy
Pomegranate, A Five Step Tutorial on How to Stop the Bleeding as Told by the Knife, Beyond the Veil Press
Ode to Good Teeth, Manywor(l)ds
Bite–No Warning Bark, A Woman’s Place, Moonlight Idiosyncrasies
CURRENT:
Summer in the 90’s, Lucky Jefferson 365 Collection, Winter 2024
Dream House Pastoral, Fifth Wheel Press
Softened Betrayal, Peach Fuzz, Fall 2023
If Reaper by Sia Played on the Pink and Blue Radio During Our Picnic in the Park in 1996, A Brief History of My Mouth, Shot Glass Journal, Fall 2023
Summer in the 90’s, Lucky Jefferson Contest Finalist, 365 Collection, TBD
Another Year Sprouts, Alocasia, Spring 2024
Bite–No Warning Bark, A Woman’s Place, Moonlight Idiosyncrises, Fall 2023
Even Though the Egg is Raw, Third Iris Zine, Fall 2023
My Loneliness is a Brat, Feels Zine, Fall 2023
If This is Love, I Go into Her Mouth, In Response to Cee-Lo Green’s Analogy of Rape & Robbed Houses, The Write Launch, Summer 2018
We are Blessed, The Rising Phoenix Review, Fall 2015
My Favorite Photograph of Us, Reasons Why Loving You Was More Entertaining than Watching Prime Time Television, Germ Magazine Winter 2015
What I Never Wrote, The Legendary, Winter 2014
Feels Like Maybe, Beautiful Backbone, Monster, This Nectar, The Wreckage, Loving you, Skeletons, Loneliness is a Junkie, Grenades Beneath my Sternum, America, Boston Poetry Magazine Fall 2013
Facilitation/Teaching Experience
Pantoum Anatomy, The Poetry Lab BrainTrust, May 2024
5 Forms Workshop, The Poetry Lab BrainTrust, April 2024
All My Life I Had to Fight Workshop, Virtual, March 2024
Black & Golden Shovels: An Homage to Form in Black Poetics, Virtual, February 2024
Amplify for Palestine Workshop, Virtual, January 2024
The Poetry of Aging Workshop, Virtual, September 2023
Facing the Dog Days of Summer Poetry Workshop, Virtual, August 2023
ArtsXchange Saturday Writer’s Workshop in collaboration with Poets & Writers, Atlanta, GA, June 2023
Poem-odoro Sprints - Weekly Writing & Editing Workshop, Virtual 2023
Curate Workshop, Ebrik Coffee Room, Atlanta, GA, February 2019
Curate Workshop, Ebrik Coffee Room Atlanta, GA, March 2018
Curate Workshop Ebrik Coffee Room, Atlanta, GA, October 2017
Build Up Workshop, Dr. Bombay’s Underwater Tea Party, Atlanta, GA, September 2017
ChopArt Camp Create Poetry Class Assistant, Atlanta, GA, June 2015
Events & Performances
Reading at Refold Showcase, Virtual, June 15, 2023
Feature at XChange Open Mic, Atlanta, GA, June 9, 2023
Feature at Bleux Stocking Society, Atlanta, GA, April 28, 2018
Feature at SAFE Words Slam, Orlando, FL, November 11, 2017
Feature at VerseUs, Fayetteville, NC, November 10, 2017
AJC Decatur Book Festival, Decatur, GA, September 2, 2017
Feature at Poems and Pasties-Theres’s Big Ass Book Release, Atlanta, GA, October 25, 2016
Feature at Theresa Davis Book Release, Atlanta, GA, September 28, 2016
BPC Black Poetry Fest Feature, Atlanta, GA June 10-11, 2016
Feature at Eclectic Truth Slam, Baton Rouge, LA, May 31, 2016
Feature at - Monday Night Poetry, Charleston, SC May 30, 2016
Feature at - Everett Poetry Night, Everett, WA, May 26, 2016
Feature at - Mercury Cafe Open Mic, Denver, CO, May 20, 2016
Feature at - Lobo Slam, Albuquerque, NM, May 18, 2016
Feature at - Spokane Poetry Slam, Spokane, WA May 16, 2016
Feature at - Loud Mouth Poetry Jam, Visalia, CA, May 14, 2016
Feature at- Elizabeth’s Crazy Little Things, Chicago, IL, May 11, 2016
Feature at - Uptown Poetry Slam, Chicago, IL May 8, 2016
Opener for Being Single is Cool: One Man Show, Atlanta, GA, February 13, 2016
Feature Charis Books, Atlanta, GA, January 21, 2016
Feature Lake Fest, Pine Lake, GA, October 4, 2015
Feature Urban Grind, Atlanta, GA, October 1, 2015
Feature Slam Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, September 18, 2015
Feature & Book Release, Touch One Productions, Charlotte, NC, September 17, 2015
Interviews
Speaking of Poetry with WABE/90.1 NPR, TBD
Technically 10 with Row Media, October 2023
MzAM Live Show, June 2012
Awards/Contests
5th Place ArtsXchange All Voices Slam, Atlanta, GA, September 2023
ArtsXchange Invitational Slam, Atlanta, GA, April 2023
Lucky Jefferson Contest Finalist, 365 Collection, TBD
Ranked 37th out 96, Individual World Poetry Slam, October 2016
Nominee Best of Net by Phoenix Review, October 2016
Winner - Wild Women Poetry Slam, Lexington, KY, September 2016
Semi-Finalist at National Poetry Slam, Art Amok Slam Team, 6th out of 72, August 2016
Winner - Black Poetry Cafe Poetry Fest Put Yo Money Where Yo Mic is competition, June 2015
Ranked 29th out of 72, Individual World Poetry Slam, October 2014
2nd Place - Slam Charlotte Grand Slam Finals, Charlotte NC, April 2014
Respect Da Mic Slam Team, June 2010
Continuing Education
AWP Conference, February 2024
Revel in the Self with Bee LB, September 2023
Crossroads: Honoring the In-Betweens with Tristan Richards & Carson Elliot, September 2023
Poems That Don’t Suck with Megan Falley, November 2022
The Heart of It Spring Writing Retreat, March 2017
Poems That Don’t Suck (one on one) with Megan Falley, September 2014